Chris Ritter'50s Modernist Mixed Media of Bull Listed NY & Ogunquit Artist

Ritter studied at the University of Kansas and the Art Students League and Columbia University in New York. He opened the Laurel Gallery in the 1940s, a landmark New York gallery showing important New York modernists. He exhibited actively during the 1940s including exhibitions at Salons of America, Uptown Gallery and Laurel Gallery in New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, and many others.

He moved to Ogunquit Maine in the late 1950s, becoming an active member of the Ogunquit Art Colony and was president of the Ogunquit Art Association for several years. His work is in the collections of Brooklyn Museum, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, and others. This mixed media (ink, watercolor, and gouache) is signed lower right and is in good condition.

It measures 13.5" x 17.25" (sight size). Framed and matted as shown (frame has some nicks and losses).

Please see my other auctions for more fine paintings and prints. The item "Chris Ritter'50s Modernist Mixed Media of Bull Listed NY & Ogunquit Artist" is in sale since Thursday, June 21, 2018. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "kgrinder" and is located in Holliston, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Region of Origin: US
• Style: Abstract
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Medium: Mixed Media
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Features: Framed
• Subject: Animals
• Originality: Original